The CIA had a psychic looking for the Ark of the Covenant?

THEY HAD TOP MEN WORKING ON IT: Declassified CIA files reveal psychic quest for the Ark of the Covenant. Review the documents: Remote Viewer No. 032 described a container made of wood, gold, and silver, adorned with images of six-winged angels, and similar in shape to a coffin (Jerusalem Post).

Recently declassified CIA documents reveal that in 1988, the CIA conducted an experiment as part of a secret project called Sun Streak, aiming to locate the lost artifact using remote viewing techniques.

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Is this real? If so, my psychic powers say that Remote Viewer No. 032 had seen Raiders of the Lost Ark.

For many, many PaleoJudaica posts on the Ark of the Covenant, start with the links collected here and just keep going. I have seen many wacky Ark stories. This one is a contender for wackiest.

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